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. >> these men and women are confronted with a more dangerous environment than ever before. we are forced to continually change our strategies and tactics to accomplish our mission. our methods may change but our goals remain the same as they were in the past. to save lives and protect property. sometimes at a terrible cost. this is what we do. this is our chosen profession. this is the tradition of the firefighter. the fire service of today is ever-changing, but it is also steeped in traditions that are over 200 years old. one such tradition is the sounding of the bell. as firefighters began their tour of duty, it was the bell that signaled the beginning of that shift. throughout the day and night, each alarm was sounded by a bell. it summoned these brave souls to fight fires and place their lives in jeopardy for the good of their fellow citizens. and when the fire was out and the alarm had come to an end, it was the bell that signal the completion of that call. when a firefighter died in the line of duty paying the supreme sacrifice, it was the mournful toll of the bell th
. >> these men and women are confronted with a more dangerous environment than ever before. we are forced to continually change our strategies and tactics to accomplish our mission. our methods may change but our goals remain the same as they were in the past. to save lives and protect property. sometimes at a terrible cost. this is what we do. this is our chosen profession. this is the tradition of the firefighter. the fire service of today is ever-changing, but it is also steeped in...
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we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan -- basic functions of these have to provide, is there a way to provide this in a completely new way. you have to do something with the trash. we have decided that we will that endthe trash out up in the dump. we depend on individuals to make that choice. technology is there. it has not been applied to this skill. want to see if we can prove it. benefit to thee process? this is what started as thinking in this direction. we have been kicking it for a long time. we had a lots of ideas. we said we achieve all these other ones. let's put one out where we do not know whether we can do it.
we can find a way that is good for the environment and good for business. it is good for our planet and bottom-line. when it is missing we tried some product. yet to search to find those intersections. it is an intersection that benefits our customers and shareholders. when you can find that it really works. >> you are one of the mayors challenge which was an incentivized competition. this is one way of having share prosperity. -- came up with what >> if you look at the bashan --...
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you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one that just collapsed or caught fire a couple of months ago. and the chinese people are probably the only people making out on this are the government and the people headquartered in the united states. guest: thank you for your call. the calller had done a number of issues that have been controversial. one reason u.s. companies have gone to china and set up there is the chinese economy is growing much faster. estimated to grow at at least triple the rate for the next several years. if u.s. companies want to be competitive aga
you have to clean up the environment a little bit. when you took them all over there, they are pay and $1 per day compared to a couple dollars per hour compared to what ever they were making over here in the united states. u.s. companies went overseas and now it is like we might bring them back. in thedquarters is united states. the only people benefiting from this seems to be the government. are pretty much scot-free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers....
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as many of you know, i want to describe the environment we are in. in 2009 when my cofounder lost $2,000 on a glass sculpture because they wouldn't accept credit cards. he called me on the smartphone and we decided to change something and build a reader for him to use. it was the easiest ways for all sizes to accept credit cards. it became more than just a way to accept payments and we saw businesses grow and help to grow the economy in their communities. just as technology connected jim and me, this technology has a way to create these communities and san francisco and soma and new york and so ho. we are creating that technology. it's key to our economic growth. right across the street, it connects both cities. it's grown to a small network of cafes all over san francisco including new york. it's important to bring together these business leaders and mayor lee cares deeply about these issues. i would like to introduce mayor lee. it's with his support that san francisco has become a leading example how government and business can work to together to
as many of you know, i want to describe the environment we are in. in 2009 when my cofounder lost $2,000 on a glass sculpture because they wouldn't accept credit cards. he called me on the smartphone and we decided to change something and build a reader for him to use. it was the easiest ways for all sizes to accept credit cards. it became more than just a way to accept payments and we saw businesses grow and help to grow the economy in their communities. just as technology connected jim and...
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with the jerry monday der gerrymandering process the political process, you can create this kind of environment where there is simply no incentive for enough members in a body like the house to go along with something even though it's clearly in the public interest. even though the public wants it. even though in this case the chamber of commerce business interest many democrats hispanics want it. there is a coalition of voters who don't want it because they go back home, and this group is beat up by a constituency that says no path to citizenship. don't look weak or we'll vote against you next year. >> yes, even the congressman from houston culbertson. chris moody, the farm bill which for decades has passed without any problem. it passed today with 216-208. has the house found new power here as they split these bills apart? >> i'm not sure how this new action in the house of passing this bill without the food stamps fits in to the republican national committee to call for a new tone among the party to make them look for compassionate. they're flexing their muscle, and the conservative strongho
with the jerry monday der gerrymandering process the political process, you can create this kind of environment where there is simply no incentive for enough members in a body like the house to go along with something even though it's clearly in the public interest. even though the public wants it. even though in this case the chamber of commerce business interest many democrats hispanics want it. there is a coalition of voters who don't want it because they go back home, and this group is beat...
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it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. caller: i have a question regarding -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's people were messing with the vietnam war promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought that up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this i
it is a different environment. it was famously said the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. that is one reason why nixon seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. host: our guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on...
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i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. >>> last night we told you about reported abuses at california state prisons including the illegal sterilization of female inmates and years of solitary confinement for inmates at pelican bay. today, we learned that an estimated 30,000 prison inmates began refusing meals in the largest prison protest in state history. that protest is part of a coordinated effort across the california prison system to end indefinite solitary confinement. state correction officials will not recognize the protest as a hunger strike until inmates have missed nine consecutive meals. we will continue to follow this story as it develops. on everything from home repair to healthcare written by people just like you. no company can pay to be on angie's list, so you can trust what you're reading. angie's list is like having thousands of close neighbors, where i can go ask for personal recommendations. that's the idea. before you have any work done, check angie's list. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- revi
i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment. >>> last night we told you about reported abuses at california state prisons including the illegal sterilization of female inmates and years of solitary confinement for inmates at pelican bay. today, we learned that an estimated 30,000 prison inmates began refusing meals in the largest prison protest in state history. that protest is part of a coordinated effort across the california prison system to end indefinite solitary...
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this is a very unforgiving environment. and he had an ax put in his hand almost at once and he had this until about the age 23. one of the great ironies of lincoln's life is that he did not like axes or splitting rails come even though we know him as the rail splitter. he wanted to escape of his unforgiving environment. his mother at a very young age and his aunt and uncle came down with something called milk six. hr would wander off into the forest and would eat poisonous weeds and its milk would become poison. you drink the milk and you would die in indescribably horrible death in about a week. so this happens to his mom, he has to fashion the wood coffin with his father to bury her. there is no one to give the sermon and eventually a minister happen by the area months later. his sister would die in childbirth, which is not uncommon. and lincoln's family was very upset about this stuff. the in-laws didn't do enough to help her, they said well, we wanted to help her, but the nearest doctor was too drunk to help her, which
this is a very unforgiving environment. and he had an ax put in his hand almost at once and he had this until about the age 23. one of the great ironies of lincoln's life is that he did not like axes or splitting rails come even though we know him as the rail splitter. he wanted to escape of his unforgiving environment. his mother at a very young age and his aunt and uncle came down with something called milk six. hr would wander off into the forest and would eat poisonous weeds and its milk...
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city economic development is the engine of our nation and we need to provide an environment with start ups that can flourish and if we do that, all the the grid lock in washington, our economy will grow. i would reach to everybody to remember that everybody has problems, every government has problems. when you look at america, we've had 235 years of dysfunction and it's doing well so far. maybe it comes with the territory. san francisco has shown how government can function and the citizens of san francisco and the whole region are benefit ting from it. we've had something like a 30 percent in tech growth. this is what we call the big app instead of the big apple. in the next decade the capital will continue to grow. last year it was like a hundred new york city based companies that acquired $1.8 billion. it's just the beginning. if you think about san francisco and new york, the future couldn't be brighter because tech business is where the business is where people want to go. if intellectual capital is what your business requires, i don't think you can find two cities in the country
city economic development is the engine of our nation and we need to provide an environment with start ups that can flourish and if we do that, all the the grid lock in washington, our economy will grow. i would reach to everybody to remember that everybody has problems, every government has problems. when you look at america, we've had 235 years of dysfunction and it's doing well so far. maybe it comes with the territory. san francisco has shown how government can function and the citizens of...
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it will be a more normal monetary environment. >> you talk about lender of last resort monetary policy and if you look around the globe, regulatory policies are in some that done by organizations are not the central bank. can you see instances where it helps to have the macro part in the organization? lessfferent countries have -- different kinds of financial structures in many ways. as you look around the world, the trend is for financial and regulatory activity with toancial oversight activity move back to central banks. happening in the mad states. reason is that central banks tend to have the kinds of expertise in the financial markets and give them a comparative advantage in addressing these issues. fact that the central bank is the lender of last resort. and then there is supervision within the firm's. generally there is the macro prevention innovation with much more attention being paid to the broader system as opposed to the stability of individual institutions alone to do both. of course we pay attention to individual institutions but we also tried to think of the stability of
it will be a more normal monetary environment. >> you talk about lender of last resort monetary policy and if you look around the globe, regulatory policies are in some that done by organizations are not the central bank. can you see instances where it helps to have the macro part in the organization? lessfferent countries have -- different kinds of financial structures in many ways. as you look around the world, the trend is for financial and regulatory activity with toancial oversight...
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>> how about what you get in the environment. who know you and know what's going on. you may think you're being slick and use a coded word but if you mention that client we talked to. they're in the same building. a the love time you're coming from the meeting, carrying out the dialogue. >> especially in an office where everyone wants to talk and gossip -- >> there are entire twitter stream, ggs gold series from goldman sachs. and then accident, one luckily i found code names. >> this comes back from my investment banking days when you had a important client thaw come up with a code name. you could have fun with it. you're like an entrepreneurial spy. if you're having conversations out on your mobile phone, use the code name so it's not clear who you're talking about. a simple thing can you do to protect your privacy and your client's privacy. >> the great thing is they're easy to use. cheap and easy. >>> still to come, how do you mass produce your product and not give up the quality. >>> how much is too much when it comes to information you should share on social med
>> how about what you get in the environment. who know you and know what's going on. you may think you're being slick and use a coded word but if you mention that client we talked to. they're in the same building. a the love time you're coming from the meeting, carrying out the dialogue. >> especially in an office where everyone wants to talk and gossip -- >> there are entire twitter stream, ggs gold series from goldman sachs. and then accident, one luckily i found code names....
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solar and wind, find ways to become energy independent, but to do it in a clean way that protects our environment. local warming is real. -- you can just said forget some of the coastlines in this nation in the coming decades if we do not do something about global warning -- warming. superstorm sandy was an indication that came through in new york. not just the things that happen in the typical manner. we have taken carbon and put it into the atmosphere, and that iner has held the sun's heat our atmosphere. that is warming the oceans and waters are rising. you're going to have grave problems in the future. i think the president is right to look at clean energy and to look at alternative energies. i have proposed and our bills this week to have more money put on solar and ways to economize and find ways to save energy at the expense of nuclear weapons. we've got enough nuclear weapons to -- to destroy the world more times than people can count, and yet we put more and more money into nuclear weaponry. it is shocking the money we put into that and not into new ways to conserve energy and to have al
solar and wind, find ways to become energy independent, but to do it in a clean way that protects our environment. local warming is real. -- you can just said forget some of the coastlines in this nation in the coming decades if we do not do something about global warning -- warming. superstorm sandy was an indication that came through in new york. not just the things that happen in the typical manner. we have taken carbon and put it into the atmosphere, and that iner has held the sun's heat...
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there was civil military interventions in a's conflict environment. we tried to measure the outcomes in these efforts over 10 years. using statistics and indices that were kept by freedom house, the imf, and world bank. afghanistan rated quite high on most of those indexes, but remarkably, in the category of human development, it showed the best rate of improvement of all 20 of these countries. human development as an index measures a combination of health, education, and standard of living outcomes. rated top afghanistan of all 20. others for actually poor, and is not just because a dollar a lot of assistance. what does this mean in practical terms? in afghanistan means life expectancy has gone from 44-60 years. what does it mean in terms of literacy? it means afghanistan has gone from having the worst rate of literacy in the entire world, 33%e 15% back in 2001, to literacy today and to 60% literacy by 2025 if the kids that are in school today stay in school. it means going from one tv station to 75, nearly all independent tv stations. these are pret
there was civil military interventions in a's conflict environment. we tried to measure the outcomes in these efforts over 10 years. using statistics and indices that were kept by freedom house, the imf, and world bank. afghanistan rated quite high on most of those indexes, but remarkably, in the category of human development, it showed the best rate of improvement of all 20 of these countries. human development as an index measures a combination of health, education, and standard of living...
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continue the conversation in a way that's an elevated discourse, that isn't this kind of political toxic environment in this country. >> i want to jump over quickly, because we talk about what's going on in washington, d.c. right now. i want to talk about the three must-reads, getting up to speed as we start a new week. >> the "washington post" is reporting that congressman paul ryan is having behind the scenes private negotiations and talks to encourage house members, including republicans to take up immigration reform. it's notable how he's doing this. he's not making the rounds on media, he's just trying to push an economic conservative case. >> robert, what's yours, sir? >> plolitico has a great story about how the discussion is today. >> jimmy, what's your must-read? >> mine comes from "the new york times." the public editor of the times has written a very good piece, sort of detailing and talking about our role, the media's role in the trayvon martin/george zimmerman trial, and what we have done to report that out to the country and the effects of that. >> gang, thanks so much. and thank you f
continue the conversation in a way that's an elevated discourse, that isn't this kind of political toxic environment in this country. >> i want to jump over quickly, because we talk about what's going on in washington, d.c. right now. i want to talk about the three must-reads, getting up to speed as we start a new week. >> the "washington post" is reporting that congressman paul ryan is having behind the scenes private negotiations and talks to encourage house members,...
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engineers developed two approaches to stormwater infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. one approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. this combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. and stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. through the 19th century, the combined system was considered state-of-the-art throughout the world, and is still in use in many cities today. but cities constructed these systems before treatment was the standard. and even today's largest treatment plant doesn't have the capacity to treat the sudden volumes of water rushing through a combined system during rain. the plant is overloaded, and the excess rainwater, mixed with untreated raw sewage, is diverted straight into local waterways, creating a combined sewer overflow, or cso. there are over 700 communities in the united states with combined sewer systems. the other approach was to separate wastewater from stormwater, using two pipe networks. this separate system simply carries the stormwater away from the city. but even s
engineers developed two approaches to stormwater infrastructure to transport water away from the urban environment. one approach was to carry waste and stormwater through the same pipe. this combined system was less expensive than building two individual pipe networks. and stormwater was seen as a way to flush out the sewers. through the 19th century, the combined system was considered state-of-the-art throughout the world, and is still in use in many cities today. but cities constructed these...
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we had to create a new environment. we did not have to do legislatively. it is also the culture. inthat so deep and ingrained agencies that it will take time to happen or it can happen rapidly because the new understanding of these be homegrownuld lycorises sample -- like this example? >> i think it could happen rapidly. this is not just in federal agencies. it is endemic to policing. i have had units in my own department that would not talk to each other. this is a constant cultural thing my colleagues are working against in local police agencies. progress.de great if you train is up, you can make a difference. >> i know we did a lot of training on the front and with end withits -- front new recruits to make sure they understood the culture. times there is a connection between police work in social work when they work in schools. 20 years ago, that was not the case. now is a different approach. that took a change in how we train them on the front and -- end so when they hit the streets they're ready. >> that is something i have become good at over two police department. it is a
we had to create a new environment. we did not have to do legislatively. it is also the culture. inthat so deep and ingrained agencies that it will take time to happen or it can happen rapidly because the new understanding of these be homegrownuld lycorises sample -- like this example? >> i think it could happen rapidly. this is not just in federal agencies. it is endemic to policing. i have had units in my own department that would not talk to each other. this is a constant cultural...
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narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk.
narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much....
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goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the air. caller: all these companies took the jobs to china to avoid taxes and labor laws. clean up the environment. when it took them over there, they were getting one dollar a day. versus, what they were making here in the united states. when united states companies went overseas -- as their headquarters sit the united states -- the only people who seem to benefit from this are the government. these companies are getting off scott free from the destruction of the building that collapsed with the walmart workers. you have another one tha
goods, services, labor, the environment. there are things that we learn from that that we are trying to do better. host: can a trade agreement be changed? guest: a trade agreement can be changed if the countries that agree to it all agree to that. host: how does that happen? guest: countries use language in the agreement. south korea says that we may be able to accommodate your problem -- south korea says that we may be able to comment your problem, if you accommodate ours. host: you are on the...
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it is a different environment. it was the mistress of the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. nixons one reason why seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during the month of july. you can listen to the recordings anytime online at c-span.org. the next call is from california on the independent line. have a question -- when president johnson was in the white house, i think he was talking to senator dirksen. president johnson knew nixon's thele were messing with promising to get out of the war. if johnson would have brought up, the think it would be possible nixon would never have been president? host: appreciate the call. this is from another viewer about a secret plan. guest: the ide
it is a different environment. it was the mistress of the chief job of the president is to persuade people. it is a lot harder to persuade people today than it was in richard nixon's time. nixons one reason why seems obsessed with the media and what they are saying about him. he knows how powerful an instrument they are for public office. guest is richard norton smith. we're looking at the nixon tapes 40 years after they become became public knowledge. we're airing these on c-span radio during...
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he didn't grow up in an environment where there were no male examples at all. he didn't grow up where he was worried about the rent, food, if he was sleeping in a room with six other people. he didn't grow up in an environment where he was called names, where there was not enough books in his school, where he had to walk through all sorts of wonderfulness to get to school. so it's not just the absence of the father but the environment that breeds the limited amounts of value and worth when the father is absent. >> that is so valuable to me, that connection between sort of a personal hurt but also the realities of the structures that we exist in. >> that's right. >> i'm a politics person, social movements, that kind of thing. what is the place of personal healing, of finding our own psychological and emotional wellness in the context of building a social and political movement? >> you know what, it's funny. let me just apologize to everybody right now, because i'm getting ready to insult somebody. so i just want to get that out the way. politics doesn't take peo
he didn't grow up in an environment where there were no male examples at all. he didn't grow up where he was worried about the rent, food, if he was sleeping in a room with six other people. he didn't grow up in an environment where he was called names, where there was not enough books in his school, where he had to walk through all sorts of wonderfulness to get to school. so it's not just the absence of the father but the environment that breeds the limited amounts of value and worth when the...
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narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much. now this is a priority. you have trash, animal waste, and it ends up on our beaches. that is a health risk. that is one of the main reasons why we have to close the beaches after heavy rain. narrator: but even when it's not raining, water still enters the stormwater system, carrying pollutants. here on the west coast, a lot of our storm drain systems are separate from the sanitary sewer system, so if you dump something in the storm drain, it goes right to the ocean untreated. alamillo: we haven't had a major rainstorm in the last year or so yet there's a lot of water in this creek here. i would say 20% of it is
narrator: los angeles county is beginning to develop ways to reduce the infrastructure's impact upon the environment. on the front lines of protecting the beaches, are the crews that clean out the stormwater system. man: this big vactor truck works on the same principle as your vacuum cleaner in your house, only this thing sucks up the whole house. some of the storm drains collect a lot of trash. i started cleaning drains in '93. they were horrible because they hadn't been maintained so much....
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>> this is almost -- i liken it to seeing a wild animal in its own environment. it's really where it belongs. >> the arm is out? >> the arm is out, the antennas are deployed, everything is out there ready to go. >> we have a fantastic view our viewers can see. 122 feet long. we are underneath the bottom of this. how many tiles are on this? >> about 24,000 tiles. the interesting thing, each one has like its own individual address. >> all the scorch marks and scratch marks are still on there. this is its true form. >> exactly as it came back from space. that's the best part of it. you get to really see something that's almost alive. >> yeah. it's very interactive, too. not just for the kids. adults love it as well. talk about how this exhibit is really meant to inspire. >> that is the key to it. we're doing more than just a museum tour here. we're actually giving people and particularly our young people -- >> we can even come and spin the wheel. >> they can look at the massive tires we use, do the interactive events so you can land the orbiter and deploy the arm. w
>> this is almost -- i liken it to seeing a wild animal in its own environment. it's really where it belongs. >> the arm is out? >> the arm is out, the antennas are deployed, everything is out there ready to go. >> we have a fantastic view our viewers can see. 122 feet long. we are underneath the bottom of this. how many tiles are on this? >> about 24,000 tiles. the interesting thing, each one has like its own individual address. >> all the scorch marks and...
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lending practices, or to ask the person who is charged with protecting our air and our water and our environment to sit on the sidelines even the she has the qualifications and experience to begin serving today. this is out of hand. our patience has run thin. we're going to fight to ensure the american people have a government. >> what would happen if republicans agreed to approve these nominees? >> hallelujah. >> what is the next up? wax i'm going to go to the floor and tuesday and do what i need to do so this is not happen anymore. [inaudible] the issue is this. if you go back and look at the statements made by my republican colleagues, he was in favor. we were able to get over that. we worked our way through that. there were people who are reasonable who for. we do not have that same reasonable ideology among republicans. you would think they could come up with people to invoke cloture on this. they do not exist anymore. this is -- as we have learned, the republican leader was hosting out there about getting things done that we used to automatically. for two successive congresses, i have told
lending practices, or to ask the person who is charged with protecting our air and our water and our environment to sit on the sidelines even the she has the qualifications and experience to begin serving today. this is out of hand. our patience has run thin. we're going to fight to ensure the american people have a government. >> what would happen if republicans agreed to approve these nominees? >> hallelujah. >> what is the next up? wax i'm going to go to the floor and...
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when the regulatory environment is right, should there be discussions with dish, sure. let's not rule everything else. who knew dish would be running around? who knew soft bank would be around? what's going to happen with track phone? what will happen with facebook? what will happen with mbnos? whatever happen, there's an awful lot of opportunity and options for t-mobile. it's great time to be growing and taking customers in share. so you want to talk to us, bring it on. but know that you're talking to somebody that's strong and getting stronger. >> so that is the end game, then, a sale of the company? >> no, the end game is to do whatever it takes to get the scale and the capability to solve customers' pain points. right now, we're doing it extremely well. if, in fact, the united states believes the consolidation should not happen, then i believe you'll see some preferential action in washington, making sure that low-band spectrum, and things that can catapult us to the next level, take place. i'll take either path. either combine ourselves with somebody else and get t
when the regulatory environment is right, should there be discussions with dish, sure. let's not rule everything else. who knew dish would be running around? who knew soft bank would be around? what's going to happen with track phone? what will happen with facebook? what will happen with mbnos? whatever happen, there's an awful lot of opportunity and options for t-mobile. it's great time to be growing and taking customers in share. so you want to talk to us, bring it on. but know that you're...
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it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must have produces of the stuff and the british government says the u.k. shouldn't be getting left behind talk more about this i'm joined by dr robert he's the founder for the alliance for natural health which campaigns against g.m. foods. there are a billion hungry mouths in the world and we're being told that this technology is safe shouldn't we embrace it in that case well if you look at all the real developments in raising eels it hasn't actually occurred through g.m. it's occurred through conventional breeding practices and we know that the european authorities have probably one of the most comprehe
it's controversial but britain's environment secretary says that the public should embrace genetically modified food is a hard sell the campaign is say it's dangerous to human health whereas the scientific community supports the technology and if it is a safe as they and the government are sure it is and the argument for g.m. food is quite compelling it would allow farmers to grow crops in tough conditions and thus help to feed hungry mouths around the world the u.s. and brazil already must...
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around with this motto don't the evil and as i said everybody is pretty much uncompromising in this environment and the truth is we all have to exist together and if we don't it is going to threaten everybody's existence. it is enter depended ecology. you can't have libraries without authors. google, whatever it wants to do in sampling copyrighted work, they're going to run out of it eventually view don't have more people writing books. so it ought to be a cooperative venture. to some extent there are people who actually come in and intervene and make this more difficult. the antitrust division of the justice department for example, we settle a big lawsuit with google. the antitrust division comes in and says we don't like it because all the little tiny corner of the market google will have a monopoly. not wrong but a public benefit of getting the content of several major university libraries available to people around the world, many fleas through public library terminals, seems to overwhelm this minor concern of the justice department objective. and that is typical of what seems to be happeni
around with this motto don't the evil and as i said everybody is pretty much uncompromising in this environment and the truth is we all have to exist together and if we don't it is going to threaten everybody's existence. it is enter depended ecology. you can't have libraries without authors. google, whatever it wants to do in sampling copyrighted work, they're going to run out of it eventually view don't have more people writing books. so it ought to be a cooperative venture. to some extent...
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brannan wharf is intended to be a fun and sustainable project and has unscripted activity and an open environment and playful and subtle ways and i hope you will see it next week and i won't go into detail now and the construction and the way materials were sources. steven will now describe the project a bit further. >> good afternoon commissioners, executive director, port staff and members of the public. i am steven real and the project manager and i am privileged to work on this exciting project. this is a $26 million project. includes $7 million for demolition of the condemned pier 36 which is a massive reinforced concrete pier structure. demolition of 900 linear feet of bulk wharf and $19 million project to construct the new 57,000 square feet state of the art public open space wharf replacing 9,000 square feet of embarcadero promenade strengthening 200 linear feet of sea wall and modifying another 700 feet. funding for the project. $18.5 million in port funds. $4.7 million in federal funds through the 2007 water resource and development act. 2.9 million dollars for the 2008 clean and safe n
brannan wharf is intended to be a fun and sustainable project and has unscripted activity and an open environment and playful and subtle ways and i hope you will see it next week and i won't go into detail now and the construction and the way materials were sources. steven will now describe the project a bit further. >> good afternoon commissioners, executive director, port staff and members of the public. i am steven real and the project manager and i am privileged to work on this...
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if you care about the environment am a fundamentally, you have to care about workers rights and women's rights and you have to see that unless we are together, the labor movement, if they are in -- if they are not in office, forget addressing climate change, forget all of those things. the first thing that can bring us together is that while we have differences and while there are real policy debates, the underlying balance of power we need for people's voices to be heard, from those who want to profit to make sure they make more money than the workers, we have to change the balance of power. there's a set of leaders and organizers that realize it is not about ec, it is about being on the ground and shifting the balance of power that is number one. number two, these folks are amazing and easy to work with. fundamentally, if you believe the balance of power, if you get the history we are a part of in working to actually fill the promise of having a democracy in this country and that our change depends on it, it all flows from there. >> one thing that is exciting is that this is going on
if you care about the environment am a fundamentally, you have to care about workers rights and women's rights and you have to see that unless we are together, the labor movement, if they are in -- if they are not in office, forget addressing climate change, forget all of those things. the first thing that can bring us together is that while we have differences and while there are real policy debates, the underlying balance of power we need for people's voices to be heard, from those who want...
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. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building
. >> if you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building
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. >> we must of this massive destruction to the environment. another trading commodity gets the mainative as rivers start disappearing. >> so much so that land is disappearing fast. he has eight children and has been making charcoal for more than 80 years. he digs up peat and sets it on fire. opportunitiesew here. charcoal is the only way that i can freak -- feed my family. >> that are trying to cut off funding to al-shabbab fighters. this is a resource that is yet to be interrupted. >> there is a dollar tax for every bag of charcoal, and they get $440 -- >>. >> we found evidence that charcoal is still shipped out. the local government here has called for a temporary lifting of the band, to illegally export their current charcoal. they say is too late to save the trees that have already been cut down. al jazeera, somalia. >> hello, a warm welcome to "the journal" on dw. these are the headlines this hour. the united states increases pressure on russia as edward snowden says he wants temporary asylum there. officials blame the devastating train c
. >> we must of this massive destruction to the environment. another trading commodity gets the mainative as rivers start disappearing. >> so much so that land is disappearing fast. he has eight children and has been making charcoal for more than 80 years. he digs up peat and sets it on fire. opportunitiesew here. charcoal is the only way that i can freak -- feed my family. >> that are trying to cut off funding to al-shabbab fighters. this is a resource that is yet to be...
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i might add that the ranking member of the environment committee supports cloture on the mccarthy nomination. therefore it is reasonable to assume that cloture would be invoked and what is for a lot of my members, including myself, very controversial nomination. i further ask the consent then vote -- that the senate then for someone to be president of the export-import bank. if cloture is in vogue, the senate proceed to an immediate vote on the confirmation of that nomination, again eliminating the 30 hours's cloture. wiley i ask consent that the following votes listed above the senate proceed to cloture votes on the remaining three filed cloture motions. whate the chair rules, this shows -- with this allows for the center work officially through a series of nominations in a quicker fashion than the majority leader has proposed. they would get their boats and there would not be a delay. this would only leave discussion and votes on the three remaining illegally, according to the federal court, the three remaining illegally appointed nominations. mr. president, that is my consent. >> mr. pres
i might add that the ranking member of the environment committee supports cloture on the mccarthy nomination. therefore it is reasonable to assume that cloture would be invoked and what is for a lot of my members, including myself, very controversial nomination. i further ask the consent then vote -- that the senate then for someone to be president of the export-import bank. if cloture is in vogue, the senate proceed to an immediate vote on the confirmation of that nomination, again eliminating...
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another question but what about the states that have bullying laws of the internet, schools, different environments what is your feeling about that? >> do think a narrowly drawn bullying law is constitutional. really is protected and will put it this way, we have always said that certain types of speech amounting to threats are not protected by the first amendment with the law calls a true threat to to say that i will kill you the government can play a role with the first amendment if i needed. or if i mean if it is a joke on stage it is something else but there are threats that no one would argue protected by the first amendment but that bullying what can you drafted nearly enough can you avoid the terrible danger of a law that includes kids better to steps farther than they should be in teasing other kids. but i think it bullying was drafted well can be sustained. >>. >> what is the current state of the law where pure speech of racist or sexist nature but not threatening is the basis of a harassment claim in the workplace? >> the answer is unclear. because you rightly pose the question of speech
another question but what about the states that have bullying laws of the internet, schools, different environments what is your feeling about that? >> do think a narrowly drawn bullying law is constitutional. really is protected and will put it this way, we have always said that certain types of speech amounting to threats are not protected by the first amendment with the law calls a true threat to to say that i will kill you the government can play a role with the first amendment if i...
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there are things that we can put in their environment to help them succeed. those programs are gone. my mom was on welfare my entire life. you are in welfare. as we knew it, it is no longer here. all of those programs help to make sure that we have someone like me. tavis: with all of those mentor's around, how does one getting pulled into the drug game in the first place? i had mentors that were primarily male. they were only a little bit older than me. in order to be considered a man or what have you. we weren't making any real money. we all came of -- tavis: that is another conversation. what has been and what has been the primary focus? >> what does methamphetamine do to cognitive function? there has been a considerable .mount of information ist i am learning is that it hysteria. we have exaggerated the effects of methamphetamine. tavis: not so much drugs as it is drug policy. >> it causes communities to be the way they are. majority of people they 90% sock cocaine, 80% or without a problem. they pay taxes that go to work. there is a small percentage that
there are things that we can put in their environment to help them succeed. those programs are gone. my mom was on welfare my entire life. you are in welfare. as we knew it, it is no longer here. all of those programs help to make sure that we have someone like me. tavis: with all of those mentor's around, how does one getting pulled into the drug game in the first place? i had mentors that were primarily male. they were only a little bit older than me. in order to be considered a man or what...
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but if we can't have environments where students feel comfortable attending school, being comfortable with themselves and in themselves in a school environment we will never have students that are predicated in a way to be able to learn. we have to have safe schools. so what we did this year, when all of our administrators came back from summer break, every administrator from principals to the purchasing manager, everyone saw bully this year. and we spent a full year with our bifl department of student, family and community resources, we spent a full day debriefing that movie and going through a process where we talked about it and it was amazing to see grown adults having these realizations about what bullying meant to them and having a commitment from every administrator in our district that we will not allow that to happen this year and that will be one of the focus areas this year. so the ability to have these children now watch the movie as well was extremely moving to us yesterday. i just have to share one anecdote from that movie. we had a question and answer session at the end
but if we can't have environments where students feel comfortable attending school, being comfortable with themselves and in themselves in a school environment we will never have students that are predicated in a way to be able to learn. we have to have safe schools. so what we did this year, when all of our administrators came back from summer break, every administrator from principals to the purchasing manager, everyone saw bully this year. and we spent a full year with our bifl department of...
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the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this? >> he supports the idea of having it. >> when the u.s. is operating overseas, the ambassador in iraq and with the u.s. operates elsewhere, it is ambassador who heads the effort in the country. the commanding general heads the defense operations. i understand what was said. where would it fit in this command? >> the mission is discrete and will to find. clarity will provide certainty to both agencies and the contractors. it would be somewhat like fema. its mission is to oversee the relief or reconstruction activity in the affected country. the president would declare
the less secure in the environment, the smaller the project. the more secure, the more substantial you can pursue. >> to follow up on that, in iraq, you have the assessments being done both about security and about engagement. , thoseabsence of usoco assessments were being done by our ambassador and those assessments were being done by the generals on the ground. where are they on this proposal? did the generals or the ambassadors feel that they would have benefited by having this?...
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economy looks better than anywhere else in the world so we have this environment with real growth and the inflation hedge because part of the economy is in inflationode part of it is in deflationary. is a safe place to put your money coming on of the bond market into equities so there is reason to believe the market is still cheaper courbet the ones to have the market have a cold -- to pull back but it isn't. i am not saying that it won't. lou: the market is frustrating a lot of the gurus but a couple of things developing today is the suggestion that perhaps there is devil back of the tax exemption of municipal bonds. >> that has been on the table for a while. i don't know if it has a variance or not that we will see how it turns out. lou: and basl iii is not strong enough some would like to raise the debt that 6% to be done with it. >> this is just one more move to make big banks smaller the missing ingredient is the regulators like the big beat down for all financial institutions. they have to get smaller that is fine but you have to break the medium ground. so for certain they will
economy looks better than anywhere else in the world so we have this environment with real growth and the inflation hedge because part of the economy is in inflationode part of it is in deflationary. is a safe place to put your money coming on of the bond market into equities so there is reason to believe the market is still cheaper courbet the ones to have the market have a cold -- to pull back but it isn't. i am not saying that it won't. lou: the market is frustrating a lot of the gurus but a...
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exchanging information on regulations of energy solution and transportation in the marine environment and coastal areas. and our development. a year, the civil liberties. yes. the framework on sustainable growth, not is a question for the audience. >> then they need to take on issues of equality. >> inequality. yes. >> okay. interesting. some damage to ask you. you were present at the creation . now they're taking a stand on that as well. you want to talk about your thinking about that and how they have moved ahead toward? >> we did a paper in march of this year that quantified the fossil fuel subsidies large enough to be debilitating budget balance in fiscal sustainability of a number of countries, especially those in the middle east and africa and that the lack of taking action on externalities', energy pricing that does not take into account pollution, congestion, and effects on climate change, that these were very substantial in advanced economies, the united states and other advanced economies. our view is that addressing energy subsidies would bring very substantial benefits acr
exchanging information on regulations of energy solution and transportation in the marine environment and coastal areas. and our development. a year, the civil liberties. yes. the framework on sustainable growth, not is a question for the audience. >> then they need to take on issues of equality. >> inequality. yes. >> okay. interesting. some damage to ask you. you were present at the creation . now they're taking a stand on that as well. you want to talk about your thinking...
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have to do with social disadvantage, with overty, with people's exposure over the life course to bad environments. and the important thing to realize with mental illness is the people with mental illness are subject to those same risk factors. something we didn't show you from our study in connecticut is that the strongest determinant of violent behavior with these people with mental illness are age, gender, bstance abuse and minority racial status which is a proxy of social disadvantage which we were not able to measure directly. and new give me a choice between knowing these two things. could i know someone with these mental factors? and all politics aside can we try to predict violent behavior. the demographics that are amenable to the intervention that could improve that, the problem is as a policy solution, that's something that's a long-term project. a lot longer than the elected term of an elected representative who is under pressure to do something about mental illness, changing background checks than it is to think about all the causes of violence and these factors throughout in society.
have to do with social disadvantage, with overty, with people's exposure over the life course to bad environments. and the important thing to realize with mental illness is the people with mental illness are subject to those same risk factors. something we didn't show you from our study in connecticut is that the strongest determinant of violent behavior with these people with mental illness are age, gender, bstance abuse and minority racial status which is a proxy of social disadvantage which...
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connell: talk about what type of assets you want to own in that environment if you're right, if this does continue for some time. you talked about stocks and bonds. what about gold? we showed at the bottom of the screen when you were speaking, the fact you'd rather own bonds or gold than stocks in the environment. i read before we got on air, an interview with jim rogers who would not buy gold now in the midst of making a complicated bottom. more to the downside, showing it over 1200, and jim figures it's between 900 and 1,000. how do you see gold? >> caller: well, he may know more than i do. it's possible it drop further. it's also possible that even the incredible very sentiment that they are thinking about, the outlook of the price, and given the stock of gold declined by almost 40%, and also begin the money printing that we have around the world, that gold is making lows right now, who knows. my sense is that we never know exactly which is the high and which is the low. that's why there are more poor people than rich people otherwise everybody buys at the low, sells at the high t
connell: talk about what type of assets you want to own in that environment if you're right, if this does continue for some time. you talked about stocks and bonds. what about gold? we showed at the bottom of the screen when you were speaking, the fact you'd rather own bonds or gold than stocks in the environment. i read before we got on air, an interview with jim rogers who would not buy gold now in the midst of making a complicated bottom. more to the downside, showing it over 1200, and jim...
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it is a challenge environment. we have seen apple struggle in the smartphone market and it has been pretty widespread. they are doi their strongest for these expses. >> getting glimpses into this, there are reports with the s&p 500 that could be weaker or softer than the first half d ar. dc the same thing happened? which individual investors be looking at as bumps in the road for the remainder of the year? >> one of the thgs that really impresses me about what investors do, a plan for not what is going to be coming up next in the markets in the horizon, but creating a portfolio allocation and i think that is one of the reasons why we have seen so much money going to bond funds the past fe or six years. these are baby boomers who are approaching retirement and they want to have part of their portfolio allocated to income. a lot of that is going to be included. gerri: that's right for me want to put more in bond funds as you age. and who knows if that's what's going to happen. >>s well as the income. it helps to prov
it is a challenge environment. we have seen apple struggle in the smartphone market and it has been pretty widespread. they are doi their strongest for these expses. >> getting glimpses into this, there are reports with the s&p 500 that could be weaker or softer than the first half d ar. dc the same thing happened? which individual investors be looking at as bumps in the road for the remainder of the year? >> one of the thgs that really impresses me about what investors do, a...
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this is a very unforgiving environment. lincoln said he had an axe put in the happened almost at once and handled that most useful instrument until about the age 23. one of the great irony of lincoln's life is that he didn't like axes. he didn't like splitting rails. even though we know him as the rail splitter. he wanted to escape this unforgiving environment. his mother, at the very young age, and aunt and uncle came down with something called milk sick. a cow would wander to the forest. eat poison weeds. the milk would become poisoned. you would drink the milk and die a horrible death in a week. it happens to his mom about 8 or so. he has to fashion the wood coffin with his father to bury her. there's no one to give the sermon. eventually someone, a minister happened by the area, you know, months later, and his sister would die in childbirth, which was not uncommon, and lincoln's family of upset about this. thought the inlaws didn't do enough to help her. the inlaws said, we wanted to help her, but the nearest doctor was
this is a very unforgiving environment. lincoln said he had an axe put in the happened almost at once and handled that most useful instrument until about the age 23. one of the great irony of lincoln's life is that he didn't like axes. he didn't like splitting rails. even though we know him as the rail splitter. he wanted to escape this unforgiving environment. his mother, at the very young age, and aunt and uncle came down with something called milk sick. a cow would wander to the forest. eat...